duct tape and string

At December 08, 2008
By artjom
In general, landscapes, photography, places, urban
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Maybe I should stop playing around with the source code of my blog and post instead some photographs. Some may have noticed, that I’m changing my blog, again… I still haven’t touched most of the pics I shot on my trip thru the western USA. Just a few! The rest is still waiting for post processing. Hopefully I will get them done in the next time. Probably, I am just scared of the review :)

center of the world – san francisco

San Francisco is surely charming, and when you see it from across the tousled waters of the bay or from atop one of its impossible hills, it’s hard to imagine any other American city looking so damn attractive. From all the cities I have been too across America, San Francisco is the one I would favor before them all.

It has row upon row of gorgeous Victorian homes, acres of forested urban parks and long sandy strands offering picture-postcard views of the brick-red Golden Gate Bridge. No wonder I gave me whole four nights in this gorgeous city.

los angeles

Well, like some friends did forecast. Los Angeles wasn’t a real blast. It just wasn’t the way, they are selling LA in Hollywood movies. I don’t think you are imaging the Walk of Fame, as a place where adult shops and cheap boutiques are queuing along the stars. lol
Los Angeles is huge, real huge! It’s a titanic, sprawling, brawling place – a patchwork of 88 separate towns conspiring to look like a city.

what happens in Vegas, stays in vegas

Yeahaaa! I did it! Landed yesterday in Vegas! Going to start my road trip from here!

Fun city?! Sin City?! Whatever! Vegas is awesome! I don’t need to know more ;)

Las Vegas, a surreal appariation rising out of barren desert sands, at first glance Las Vegas appears a shimmering mirage, a figment of your imagination. An alternate universe, where the globe’s most famous sights – ancient Egypt’s pyramids, Paris’s Eiffel Tower, the canals of Venice – tumble together, bathed in an ethereal neon glow.

washington d.c.

a bit late, but better late than never. ay!?
Washington D.C., the nations capital and the place where the greatest cowboy in the world has his official residence, well at least until next January. Isn’t the world lucky that the American President can only be reelected once :) ok so far enough in getting political… here are a few pictures of what I took in Washington D.C.

tha big boyz house

been just in time to see the snipers on the roof changing their shift…

key west

So, time for something new. Last weekend we did our trip to Key West. Key West is a city and an island of the same name and is the southernmost place in the Continental United States. Altogether a five day trip, with over 2500km done, I think gas prices over here are still acceptable compared to Europe :) Even if the Americans are whining…

Something familiar? Yeah this is Jacksonville, but this time I managed it to get it at night. But really don’t know if it was such a good idea to stop in the middle of the night, in the middle of a Interstate, strong frequented by the way, to built up the camera equipment!? Well, let me put it that way… no risk, no fun.

Everglades Nationalpark with the morning fog, awesome view.

after almost 13 hours driving, thru the night, we where there. Guess, what the first thing was, we did. We jumped into the beautiful (pee warm) Gulf of Mexico!!! By the way, I heard the weather in Germany isn’t that good right now!?

Sunset Cruise

those are just a couple of shots I took on that sunset cruise

Just some activities

Everything included, even the sunburn!

Snorkling? Are you crazy? I’m a diver! Yeah, the day before, I was only standing there, smiling and looking at the crowded mess trying to snorkel. Lucky I used the chance to go down in the Keys. It was pretty awesome… according to my license, I’m not supposed to that deep I was, but thas the US. Who cares? Ok, the wreck dive was pretty wicked, but damn it… where are those sharks if u need them!? Really wanna go shark diving! Since years…